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ARMEN HARUTYUNYAN WILL REPRESENT HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN ARMENIA
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12:16 pm | April 03, 2009
Politics
The Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Armenia, Armen Harutyunyan
will be visiting the City of Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan
Armenian Studies Program on April 9 and 10.
Mr. Harutyunyan is on a US State Department sponsored tour of the
United States and will be having meetings related to human rights on
the international, national, and local level in three other cities
as well.
"While he has been critical of the human rights record of the
government of Armenia since he took office, Mr. Harutyunyan has also
been criticized by some in the press and in opposition for ignoring two
major issues facing Armenia: the killings of peaceful demonstrators
in Yerevan on March 1, 2008; and the case of a large of political
prisoners," runs the statement of Michigan University.
On April 9 Mr. Harutyunyan will deliver a public lecture at 3 PM
(Eastern US time) in the Koessler Room of the Michigan League on
human rights issues in Armenia and the South Caucasus. The lecture
will be webcast live.
"This is a rare opportunity," stated Prof. Gerard Libaridian, Director
of the Armenian Studies Program at the University of Michigan, "to
hear directly from the Human Rights Defender of Armenia regarding the
human rights situation in Armenia and develop a constructive dialog
with him worldwide."
A1+
12:16 pm | April 03, 2009
Politics
The Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Armenia, Armen Harutyunyan
will be visiting the City of Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan
Armenian Studies Program on April 9 and 10.
Mr. Harutyunyan is on a US State Department sponsored tour of the
United States and will be having meetings related to human rights on
the international, national, and local level in three other cities
as well.
"While he has been critical of the human rights record of the
government of Armenia since he took office, Mr. Harutyunyan has also
been criticized by some in the press and in opposition for ignoring two
major issues facing Armenia: the killings of peaceful demonstrators
in Yerevan on March 1, 2008; and the case of a large of political
prisoners," runs the statement of Michigan University.
On April 9 Mr. Harutyunyan will deliver a public lecture at 3 PM
(Eastern US time) in the Koessler Room of the Michigan League on
human rights issues in Armenia and the South Caucasus. The lecture
will be webcast live.
"This is a rare opportunity," stated Prof. Gerard Libaridian, Director
of the Armenian Studies Program at the University of Michigan, "to
hear directly from the Human Rights Defender of Armenia regarding the
human rights situation in Armenia and develop a constructive dialog
with him worldwide."